I read my 5th/6th grade class the book Beautiful Oops, which many art teachers are already familiar with. It’s a great message, but also the interactive parts are very inspiring and fun!
We also looked at Barney Saltzberg’s other book A Little Bit of Oomph. Both of these books have parts that fold out, pop out, twist or turn!
Here is a video from Workman Publishing about the oomph book. You can see the pages of the book if you watch a few minutes.
After looking at these two books, my students had a challenge. They needed to create an artwork with three requirements:
- It must include some sort of interactive feature, such as a pop-up, fold out or moving part.
- It needs to use words in some way.
- Include color!
I did not give them lots of instructions. They were free to try to figure out the best way to make their artwork. When I do this project again, I will have more handouts or demos on ways to make pop ups or turning parts.
Here are some of the fun artworks the students came up with.